GLOBAL POWER AND RESISTANCE

NUCLEAR POWER AND CLIMATE ACTIONTim Judson

New publication by Tim Judson.
When nuclear power started to develop into an ever more important source of electric energy during the second half of the twentieth century, there grew widespread optimism regarding the potent...

From December 2 to 14, international delegates are gathering in Katowice, Poland, to take part in the twenty-fourth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). The C...

MAPPING JUST TRANSITION(S) TO A LOW-CARBON WORLDJust Transition Research Collaborative

By the Just Transition Research Collaborative.
The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), and the University of London Institute in Paris are launch...

RETHINKING INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IN AN AGE OF NATIONALISMAugust 15, 2018 - New York City

Photos from this event here.
Join us on August 15, together with prominent activists from across North America and Europe, to discuss how international political solidarity can defeat right-wing nationalism, and how we ca...

INDIGENOUS WOMEN LEADERS AT UNPFII The Laura Flanders Show

THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONSRLS–NYC and IPB

With North Korea having now presumably equipped itself with a nuclear arsenal, and President Donald Trump having announced his intention to pull the United States out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, the international geopolitical situation would ...

TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHTMay 12, 2018 - New York

Videos from this event’s live streaming are available here (morning session) and here (afternoon session). The keynote address by Prof. Noam Chosmky is available to watch on our YouTube channel. Photos from this event available here...

OPTIONS FOR A UN TREATY ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTSHarris Gleckman

By Harris Gleckman. In 2014, Ecuador and South Africa initiated a resolution to create a human rights treaty to regulate the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises. Since 2015, the op...

TRADE UNIONS AND JUST TRANSITIONSean Sweeney and John Treat

By Sean Sweeney and John Treat. The concept of “Just Transition” has become increasingly in vogue in recent years in international political circles. While commonly ascribed to be “transformative” in potential, li...

VOICES OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN LEADERS AT THE UNApril 16-27, 2018 - New York City

For photos from this event, go to our Flickr page.For the 2018 Joint Declaration of the Indigenous Women Leaders at the UNPFII, go to the bottom of the page.
For the sixth consecutive year, the Rosa Lux...

THE UN FOUNDATIONBarbara Adams and Jens Martens

By Barbara Adams and Jens Martens. In the last two decades, we have witnessed significant changes in the engagement between the United Nations and the private sector. Private funding from corporations and philanthropic foun...

ONE STEP FURTHER TOWARDS GLOBAL REGULATION OF BUSINESSKarolin Seitz

By Karolin Seitz. Following a resolution initiated by Ecuador and South Africa in 2014, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations decided by a majority vote for the establishment of a process to create a human rights t...

Photos from this event here. Political Intrigue, Celebration Capitalism, and Spotlight on Korea.
It appears the 2018 Winter Olympics, taking place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will be an arena for politics...

RETHINKING THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: A BOOK LAUNCHDecember 12, 2017 - New York City

The UN Security Council remains a mysterious body, hid­den most of the time behind a strict security perimeter and many closed door meetings. To understand the Council, it is necessary to penetrate a thick­et of myth and to examine the we...

What we eat is a political issue. Corporate marriages, mergers, and takeovers concentrate control in the hands of big agricultural corporations at each link in the value chain—from field to fork. Promoting a form of agriculture revolving ...

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One year into Donald Trump’s presidency, top international activists and scholars will gather in Washington DC to discuss US foreign policy under Trump.
Building on their base o...

PREPARING A PUBLIC PATHWAYSean Sweeney and John Treat

By Sean Sweeney and John Treat. Contrary to a popular narrative, the era of fossil fuels is not over yet. As the last Trade Unions for Energy Democracy Working Paper, “Energy Transition: Are We Winning?,” demon...

From November 6 to 17, national delegates will gather in Bonn, Germany, to take part in the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changes (COP23). Every year, the COP mee...

In June 2014, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a historic resolution, initiated by Ecuador and South Africa, to establish an intergovernmental working group that will elaborate a legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of t...

OF FOXES AND CHICKENSJames A. Paul

By James A. Paul. When the United Nations was founded over seventy years ago, the victorious Allies saw it as the capstone of the postwar order. This new organization would work to keep the peace that had been achieved at s...

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NUCLEAR POWER AND CLIMATE ACTION

New publication by Tim Judson.
When nuclear power started to develop into an ever more important source of electric energy during the second half of the twentieth century, there grew widespread optimism regarding the potential of this seemingly unlimited, clean and, in the long run, economic resource. The unresolved problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste—which degrades...
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NUCLEAR POWER AND CLIMATE ACTION

New publication by Tim Judson.
When nuclear power started to develop into an ever more important source of electric energy during the second half of the twentieth century, there grew widespread optimism regarding the potential of this seemingly unlimited, clean and, in the long run, economic resource. The unresolved problem of how to dispose of nuclear waste—which degrades very slowly, with a half-life of up to 15.7 million years—existed from......
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